Patents by Inventor Michael H. Reider

Michael H. Reider has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for selectively transferring block data over a network
    Patent number: 7613784
    Abstract: A system for sharing block data includes a non-removable device for storing block data (e.g. a hard drive) that is networked with a plurality of computers. Each computer can initiate discovery commands and read/write commands, and transmit these commands over the network to the non-removable storage device. Computer commands are intercepted and processed by a logical algorithm program at the storage device. One function of the logical algorithm program is to instruct each computer to treat the non-removable block storage device as a removable block device. Because the computers treat the storage device as a removable block device, they relinquish control of the device (after use) to other computers on the network. The logical algorithm program also functions to allocate temporary ownership of the block storage device to one of the computers on the network and passes temporary ownership from computer to computer on the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Overland Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. G. Matze, Michael H. Reider
  • Tape emulating disk based storage system and method
    Patent number: 7444465
    Abstract: A data protection and storage system includes an array of disk drives for data storage. Data is received for storage on the disk drive via an interface that is configured to emulate a tape drive interface. A virtual tape data structure is created and stored on the disk drives. The data structure includes entry tables that form a linked list where each contain links to other entry tables and information defining data storage sectors allocated to records associates a virtual tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Overland Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Matze, Michael H. Reider, Kenneth David Geist, Daniel Morag Davies
  • System and method for selectively transferring block data over a network
    Publication number: 20040236841
    Abstract: A system for sharing block data includes a non-removable device for storing block data (e.g. a hard drive) that is networked with a plurality of computers. Each computer can initiate discovery commands and read/write commands, and transmit these commands over the network to the non-removable storage device. Computer commands are intercepted and processed by a logical algorithm program at the storage device. One function of the logical algorithm program is to instruct each computer to treat the non-removable block storage device as a removable block device. Because the computers treat the storage device as a removable block device, they relinquish control of the device (after use) to other computers on the network. The logical algorithm program also functions to allocate temporary ownership of the block storage device to one of the computers on the network and passes temporary ownership from computer to computer on the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: John E.G. Matze, Michael H. Reider